



and other celebrated French Artists. 


L A K E E R I 

-■ 

YORK-TOW 

, £ 

N E W- OR LEA 






PRICE 12 1-2 CENTS* 



Jieto^orfe: 

PRINTED BY CHARLES YINTEN, No. 63 VESEY STREET 



') 




1840 






























. 















. 











































. 

* 





‘ . 



































































' 









































*8 
























BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE* 
1313 . 


Perry with much difficulty succeeded on the 4th of August, 1813, in crossing the 
bar at Presqu’ Isle, with the new Brigs the Lawrence and the Niagara , which had 
been constructed and manned at that port under his inspection. Having joined the 
other vessels of his squadron at anchor outside, he set sail in search of the British 
fleet, which he did not bring to action until the 10th of September. 

At sunrise the American squadron at anchor in Put-in Bay descried the British 
vessels, and immediately got under way ; the Lawrence, 20 gun brig, commanded by 
Perry, leading the van ; supported by the schooners Ariel and Scorpion, mounting 
long twelves, and followed by the 'Niagara of 20 guns, the schooners Caledonia of 4 
guns, Somers of 4 guns, Tigress of 1 gun, and sloop Trippe of one gun : in all 54 guns. 

By 10 o’clock they came up with the British squadron, gallantly formed in line* 
consisting of the Detroit, flag ship of Captain Barclay, mounting 19 guns, a swivel, 
and 2 howitzers, the ship Queen Charlotte of 17 guns and a swivel, the schooner 
Lady Prevost of 13 guns, the brig Hunter of 10 guns, the sloop Little Belt of 3 guns, 
and the schooner Chippeway of 1 gun and 2 swivels : in all 03 guns. 

Perry hoisted at his masthead the immortal motto of the brave and ill-fated 
commander of the Chesapeake, u Don’t give up the ship,” and immediately engaged 
the Detroit, Hunter, and Queen Charlotte, which three vessels, by means of their 
long guns, had much the advantage of the Lawrence. After two hours’ hard fighting 
she became almost disabled ; her rigging cut up, her guns dismounted, her decks 
streaming with blood and covered with mangled limbs and the bodies of the slain. 

The wind beginning to increase, the two squadrons were moving ahead, dropping 
the Lawrence astern. 

Perry then formed the bold resolution of abandoning his vessel to renew the com- 
bat in another quarter ; and taking under his arm his union with the rallying words 
of the dying Lawrence, he stepped into a small boat, and in the midst of the broad- 
sides and discharges of small arms which were levelled at him, he reached the deck 
of the Niagara, again hoisted his adopted flag, and giving the signal for close action 
to her consorts, the Niagara came steadily down within half pistol-shot of the British, 
standing between the Chippeway and Lady Prevost on the one side, and the Detroit, 
Queen Charlotte, and Hunter on the other. In passing, she poured her broadsides 
starboard and larboard, ranged ahead of the ships, luffed athwart their bows, and 
continued delivering a close and deadly fire. The other American vessels following 
in gallant style, the British were shortly compelled to strike ; and thus was achieved 
a victory of immense importance, as it gave to the Americans the full command of 
the Lake, and enabled General Harrison to prosecute his victorious pursuit of the 
British army. 

The picture represents that period of the action when Perry is about leaving 
the Lawrence under command of Lieutenant Yarnall, to renew the conflict on 
the Niagara, by breaking through the British line. 




STORMING OF YO R KTOWN. 


1781 . 


When General Washington learned the arrival, in the Chesapeake, of Count 
de Grasse, with a large fleet and reinforcements for the land forces, he resolved to j 
abandon his attack upon Sir Henry Clinton’s position in New-York, and by forced 
marches to form a junction of the French, and part of the American troops under his 
immediate command, with the army under Lafayette, which was acting in Virginia 
in opposition to the British forces under Lord Cornwallis. 

Lord Cornwallis had taken up a strong position, embracing Yorktown and 
Gloucester Point, which on the 28th September were invested by the allied forces. 

On the 14th of October, at sunset, his redoubts were stormed and carried in the 
most gallant manner, by two columns of the beseiging army ; the American column 
led on by Lafayette, and the French by the Baron de Yiomenil. Such was the 
ardour of the troops that they rushed to the charge, and entered the British works 
without giving time to the sappers to remove the abbatis and palisades. 

In the foreground of the picture are seen the American troops rushing into the 
redoubt, led on by Lafayette and Hamilton ; the British ensign is torn from its staff, 
and the star spangled banner triumphantly planted. In the rear, is seen General 
Washington giving orders for the attack of the other redoubt, by the French column. 

Abreast of Gloucester Point are the British men-of-war, and transports, several of 
which are set on fire by the shells and red hot balls of the Allies. Near the horizon 
to the right is the French fleet. 

On the 19th of October, Lord Cornwallis surrendered. The army (seven thou* 
sand men,) artillery, arms, military chest, and stores of every description, were 
surrendered to General Washington ; the ships and seamen to Count de Grasse. 

It will be observed, that the troops of both columns of t'ne beseiging army wear 
the French and American cockades combined, in accordance with the general order 
issued on the day of assault by General Washington, 















































































































































L < - 
























f* 
















BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS, 


13 15 . 


Notwithstanding the precautions taken by General Jackson to prevent the 
British disembarking unperceivcd, they landed on the 22d of December, and surprised 
a small detachment of the Louisiana militia, stationed near the Bayou Bienvenu on 
the Villery Plantation. The news of their landing, however, soon reached the head 
quarters of the American army ; and General Jackson immediately ordering General 
Coffee to join with his command, made an attack with about 2,000 men upon the 
British, in the night of the 23d of December, near Lacoste’s plantation. After a sharp 
conflict of several hours, ignorant of the forces of the British, and fearing to be out- 
numbered, he withdrew his troops, and took up a station on Mac Prardiers’ Plantation, 
about 6 miles from the city, in the rear of a canal which had been cut to drain a 
swamp lying a short distance from the left bank of the Mississippi. 

The American general without delay here threw up a rampart of earth and bales 
of cotton, which he continued to fortify during the following days, taking care to protect 
his left flank by stationing General Coffee with his Tennessee riflemen on the borders of 
the swamp. 

At the same time a breastwork was erected upon the Levee on the opposite 
bank of the river, manned by seamen under Commodore Paterson, the guns of which 
breastwork enfiladed the works on both sides. The rightbank was also fortified and 
manned by the Louisiana and Kentucky troops under command of General Morgan. 

On the 28th of December, the British made an attack upon the American lines, 
but they were repulsed with considerable loss. On the 1st of January, 1815, they 
again attacked the American works, having advanced during the night within 600 
yards, and erected three batteries of five guns each. The well directed cannonade 
of the Americans soon silenced these batteries, and the British retired to their en- 
campment two miles below. 

On Sunday, the 8th of January, the British again advanced with their whole 
force to storm the lines. Although this attack had been daily expected, a thick fog en- 
abled them to approach within a short distance ; they were then perceived advancing 
with firm, quick, and steady pace in columns, with a front of sixty deep. A burst 
of artillery and musketry along the whole American line lighted it up in a perpetual 
blaze, and the British were literally mowed down ; still they advanced, and still there 
was no intermission in the deadly discharges of the gallant defenders. 

At length the advancing troops seemed wavering, when their commander-in-chief, 
Sir Edward Packenham, rushed to the front to sustain and encourage them. He 
was struck by a rifle-ball, and fell into the arms of his aid. General Kean and Ge- 
neral Gibbs were also borne from the field. General Lambert who was advancing 
with the reserve, met the retreating troops, and assumed the command. His efforts 



to stop them were unavailing until they reached a ditch, some hui 
rear, where they were rallied, and again made to advance, but 'with no better suc- 
cess, for the American line still thundered with incessant discharges, and the plain 
was again strewed with the falling Britons. Finally, General Lambert ordered a 
retreat ; and withdrawing behind his own works, the attack was not renewed. 

In a few days the remnants of the British army re-embarked, having lost in the 
several engagements about 5,600 men in killed, wounded, and prisoners, while the 
loss of the Americans, was not one twentieth of that number. 

On the left of the picture are British troops, urged on by their officers, advancing 
in solid columns to the support of their routed comrades, who are flying from the 
destructive fire of the American line. 

On the right are the ramparts of earth, sugar hogsheads, and cotton bales, man- 
ned with the forces hastily collected by General Jackson. Regulars, militiamen, 
riflemen, seamen, and citizens in various costumes seem unappalled by the fierce 
advance of the best troops of the British army, but are intent upon pouring forth 
their deadly vollies upon the invaders. 

Behind the ramparts General Jackson is calmly giving orders, while in the centre 
of the picture General Packenham is falling from his horse. In the back ground may 
be seen the Louisiana firing her broadsides upon the British troops. 


